Against the US dollar, the leu’s indicative dropped for the fifth session in a row to 3.3423 units, the lowest rate since September last year.
The leu opened slightly lower to 4.346/4.349 per euro, from 4.344/4.346 per euro at Wednesday’s closing and traded near 4.34 per euro in the first half of the day.
On the money market, overnight rates were at 5.2%-5.7% a year, from 5.4%-5.9% a year Wednesday.